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Principal DFT Design Engineer

Cadence

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At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology. · This role requires close interaction with multiple cross functional teams across geographies to align on project receivables/deliverables. · Mentoring junior engineers and driving innovation/automation. · BE/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech with 7+ years of relevant work experience and strong understanding of DFT concepts and good communication skills. · Strong hands-on experience using industry standard EDA Tools. · Experience with logic simulators from one or more EDA vendors. · Experience on industry standard ATPG tools like Cadence Modus. · Experience with RTL lint tools like Jasper. · Experience in scan insertion, coverage analysis and debugging skills on faults coverage enhancement is required. · Programming in Perl/Tcl/Python or other scripting languages is a plus. · Experience in post silicon validation, ATE debug and support is desired. · Exposure to RTL2GDS flow and tasks such as synthesis and scan insertion, STA and IR drop. · Good understanding of Logic design, RTL implementation & verification, logic synthesis, Logic Equivalent Checking & Static Timing Analysis are plus. · Participate in driving new DFT methodology and solutions to improve quality, reliability and in-system test and debug capability. We’re doing work that matters. Help us solve what others can’t.

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